Normative values of hip strength in adult male association football players assessed by handheld dynamometry

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-303

  Hanna, Chris M ^a,b   Fulcher, Mark L ^a,b   Elley, C Raina ^a   Moyes, Simon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Adidas Sports Medicine   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Groin; Muscle strength dynamometer; Reference values; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADDUCTOR MUSCLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DYNAMOMETRY; FLEXION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOTBALL; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PAIN; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; GROIN; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950189194     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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